Blue Apron

Blue Apron makes incredible home cooking easy and fun with a subscription grocery service that delivers original recipes and fresh ingredients to customers nationwide. BVP was eager to support our and former Bessemer colleague, Matt Salzberg, with seed capital to build Blue Apron. We backed the company at every stage and in June 2017, Blue Apron went public (NYSE: APRN).

Blue Nile

Pioneering online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry. Blue Nile has grown to become the largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry. Internet Retailer Magazine reports Blue Nile is bigger than the next three largest online jewelers combined. The company went public in 2004 (NASDAQ: NILE).

ChinaEdu.com

ChinaEdu is the leading for-degree education service provider in China working in partnership with non-profit educational institutions in the post-secondary and K-12 segments. ChinaEdu listed on the Nasdaq in 2007 (NASDAQ: CERU).

Periscope

Periscope is a social media app for livestreaming experiences founded in February 2014. Two months later, Bessemer provided seed capital to fund development of the app. In January 2015, the company was acquired by Twitter and the app launched two months later.

Piazza

Pinterest

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas. Their mission is is to help people discover the things they love, and inspire them to go do those things in their daily lives. In early 2011, BVP led the Pinterest Series A and we've continued to support them at every stage.

Skype Technologies (acq. by eBay)

Smilebox (acq. Incredimail)

Smilebox allows users to do "creative messaging" and delivers a new medium for communication that is unparalleled in its ability to convey mood, thought and emotion. In August 2011, it was acquired by Incredimail Ltd. (NASDAQ: MAIL).

Wix

Wix.com is a cloud-based development platforms that makes it easy to develop a web or mobile presence. In 2007, Bessemer became the first institutional investor and continued to support Wix through its IPO in 2013 (NASDAQ: WIX).